Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
THE OUTRAGE MILL.
The Senate Committee Hears More
Testimony in Regard to Elections
in Washington County, Tex,
A Negro Republican Witness SWears
that He Lied in His Testimony
Before ;he COrGner'5 Jury.
The President aud Ms. Cleveland Attend
the Theatsr and Are Presented with
Bouquets-Treasury Receipts.
rnE INTERSTATE COMMISSION


being made by Judge Reagan and Others
to induce the President to defer the nom.
nation OF the persons TO compose the
Interstate commerce committee until
| Congress adi0urns in order to make Sen.
lator MsXey available, as under tle law
no senator or congressman is eligible
Judge Reagan has been most active in his
support OF MaXey, and If any Texan is
appointed he will be the man.
Mitchell of Dallas has reluctantly aban-
doned the race he has fought so long and
earnestly. He mad the strong support OF
Senator Vest and the Attorney General,
who are personal friends, and his backing
was most Influential. The Presidents
determination to select men only of ma
tional reputation left Mitchell out, al
though the action of the delegation select
| ing MaXey for their candidate also acted
as decided dampert to MITCHELL 5 chances.
| He will return to Texas shortly.
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY INVEsTIGA-
TON.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. lG.-Forty or fifty
gentlemen from Texas, white and colored,
gathered in the Senate corridor nearest
the room of the committee on privileges
and elections This morning, awaiting the
examination in respect to the alleged
political irregularities in Washington
county, Tex.
The COlOred witness, T. M. Jones,
whose examination begun yesterday, was
again called to the staGd. In reply TO
Senator Spooneri he said his brother,
/ aged thirty years, came TO the voting
place 70 bring The witness his supper.
His brother, SO far Is tie witness was
aware, was not armed. He had since
been hanged, presumably for connection
with the election riot, though this point
was not developed. He was Repu5-
liCan.
j. N. Nicholson, white, siXtY-one years
of age, planter, twenty years resident
OF Washington COUNTY, was next exam
ined. He was a Democrat until three
years ago. Sirce then he has voted the
Peoples ticket. He was appointed man
ager of election at Chadwick's glnhouse
but being i'll he was requested 20 select
some good man to serve in his stead, and
for this purpose he attended the polls and
remained all day.
Question by Senator Spooner-"Was
there an election there that day."
mo, sir"
''Well, why; won; you explain that?"
"Well, am almost ashamed to state |
could not get any one who could write;
there were three or four who could write
but they did not wish to serve" Witness
explained there were between ninety and
ninety-fve voters, forty-fve of whom were
white, thirty of the latter Polanders.
Most of the white properly owners in the
precinct lived IN another precinct. In re-
ply 20 Senator Spooner, witness said at
the last election prior to that the subject
OF investigation serious trouble had &C.
Cured al Chapel Hill, when two men, one
being an election officer, were shot, the
ballot box was taken and the votes sup
pressed. Witness did not think this oC-
currence had the effect of lettering the
the cOlored men ct Chadwick from serv-
ing as election officers. There We're only
four freedmen VINO could write, two were
not present, and one Of the others
had been in the penitentiary, and
for that reason was not competent.
Voters were present, but repeated efforts
to organize 8 board failed. Witness SAID
he announced about 10 O'Clock in the
morning there would be no vote, but later
he said he misunderstood the question,
and it was about that time he announced
his readiness TO deliver the papers when
ever a competent board should be or
gained
In reply to Senator Eustis, wit
ness replied the vote of the pre-
cinct was about evenly divided;
the Republicans might have majority of
four or five. No one had declined TO
serve by reason of fear of personal in
jury. Only four white voters of the pre-
cinct could read and write English, and
they were prevented from serving by
illness or business.
In answer to Senator Spooner the wit
ness said he thought no one was pun
lshed for the Chappell Hill outrage; no |
one knew who did it.
In answer to Senator Eustis witness |
said Mr.. j L. Moore, one of the men, |
orialists, was Sheriff at the time of the |
Chapel Hill outrage.
The committee then took recess till |
8 this afternoon.
After recess Lewis Pennington, color |
ed, was called to the witness stand. He |
is voter at Flewellyn's precinct. He
was one of the Judges OF election last No
vember. He told story OF the assault
upon the election officers by three men
- lntuJ WIN ucillduuSu dEN lOOh away luS
ballot box, the shooting Of Devices Boil
ton one of the raiders, and the subse
luent hanging of Z. Jones, Alfred Jones
and Sned Fielder, three colOred men.
Upon croSs-eXamiuatiOn Senator Eustis
read deposition of the witness before
The coroner's inquest, in which witness
said he did not see any men coming into
The door disguised and with pistols, and
le sat where he could see both doors.
is that statement correct?" asked Sena-
.or Eustis.
"Well, no, sir, that is not"
"Wel, in what respect is that iDCor
,ect:"
"Well, there WAS double-barreled shot
guns and pistols round there, 1T the
;orOner's inquest, till was just natural
Y afraid to tell the truth"
On redirect examination, witness said
he cOlored people voted the Republican
icket 'eXceDt when they were scared up
o vote the peoples ticket"
Felix ken!oW, colOred, described the
aid at FlewelIyn's, his own flight, his
rrest with eight other colored men the
leXt day, and incarceration for month,
nd the entry in Jail of the mob Of armed
nd disguised men VINO took out Sned
'elder and witness "father-in-laW and .
ousin."
On cross-eXamination witness with
considerable hesitation testified that he
card that Pock Hill killed Devices Boil
on.
VIM. Shaw, colored, testified that the n
allot boxat Grsbah polling place wsS ]